Category: Report

The Telecommunications Act 2023 allows administrative spectrum assignment for fixed satellite services (FSS) and mobile satellite services (MSS). The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will draft administrative guidelines based on the Act’s provisions. Given India’s experience with administrative spectrum assignment and the 2G controversy, TRAI guidelines must be equitable and transparent. This paper analyzes the challenges involved in the process and makes recommendations for the TRAI guidelines.

This paper examines India-Pakistan escalation dynamics pre- and post-nuclearization (1998). It introduces a novel descriptive escalation ladder, dissecting crises from 2001 to 2019 into Means and Objectives categories, elucidating new escalation patterns.

This report, created through collaboration between the Council for Strategic and Defense Research (CSDR) and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), addresses the urgent need for India and Pakistan to work together on tackling air pollution.

Crafted by CSDR’s experts, this report digs deep into the human facets of policymaking, decoding the cognitive processes, responses, and learning habits shaping India’s strategic landscape. It covers India’s G20 diplomacy, pivotal power relations with Russia, the U.S., and China, regional forays in West Asia and the neighborhood, and ground-breaking geo-economics and tech diplomacy strides. Blending Neo-Classical realist approaches with the historian’s inquisitiveness and cognitive empathy, this report transcends norms. It marries theory with reality, revealing why and how India navigates its foreign policy arena. It’s a forward-looking retrospective—a roadmap empowering informed predictions about India’s future diplomatic endeavors.

This Charter of Values is an attempt to present a regional voice on values that should guide regional and international engagement in the Indo-Pacific. They present perspectives collected from members of epistemic communities and Track 1.5 actors from 10 Indo-Pacific countries. 

This paper looks at the EU’s evolving maritime policy frameworks – like the MSS, Strategic Compass, and the Indo-Pacific strategy – to understand their complementarities and impact on its presence in the Indo-Pacific domain.